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CA - Davette Gaunt, 32, San Diego County, 1 Jan 1992 *Arrest*

Davette Kathryn Gaunt
Missing since January 1, 1993 from San Diego County, California.
Classification: Endangered Missing

Vital Statistics

Date Of Birth: September 25, 1959
Age at Time of Disappearance: 33 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'2; 106 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes.
Dentals: Available

Circumstances of Disappearance

Gaunt was last seen in San Diego County, California on January 1, 1993. Foul play is suspected.

Investigators

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
858-974-2143

Agency Case Number: 93-037301
NCIC Number: M-643140634

Please refer to these numbers when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

On Monday, San Diego County sheriff’s homicide investigators tracked McDonald to the small town of Safford, Ariz., where he has lived for years and once played with a popular local rock band. The 64-year-old is now in jail on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend 25 years ago.
Gaunt’s body has not been found. She was 32 when she disappeared.
“We believe the murder occurred in their house and that she was the victim of domestic violence,” sheriff’s homicide unit Lt. Kenn Nelson said. “It’s a circumstantial case. We presented it to the DA’s office and got a warrant” for McDonald’s arrest.
He said Gaunt’s mother, reached at her Delaware home on Monday, was “beside herself with joy, and thankful” that an arrest had been made.
Gaunt and McDonald had lived together on Anza Avenue just outside the Vista city limits. They apparently wanted to split up and were fighting over custody of their daughter, Nelson said.
Investigators now figure that Gaunt was killed on Jan. 1, 1992. Nelson isn’t saying how it was done. He said there is evidence that shows her body was disposed of in North County or possibly Riverside County.